Torch.



Panama Aug. 5, |902. E. H. WAGNER.

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(Application Bled Apr. 2, 1900. Renewed Mar. '4, 1902.)

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EDWARD H. lWAGNER., OF N'EW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,134, dated August 5, 1902.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Renewed March 4. 1902. Serial No. 96,608. (No model To n.71 1Min/mt il? 71mg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD H, WAGNER,

a subject of the King of Denmark, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Torches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a torch which shall be inexpensive to manufacture and safe to use and which will produce a brilliant illumination without excessive smoke or aming.

To this end it consists in the arrangement and combination of partsv herein shown and described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,.Figure l is a perspective view of my improved torch and the handle used therewith. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional vieW on` the line 3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section showing a modied construction.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts in all the views.

In the construction which I have illustrated in the drawings, Fig. 2, the torch consists of a hollow tube A, preferably constructed of` sti paper or cardboard. The lower end of this tube A is provided with a socket B, adapted to receive the end of the holder or stick C, by which the torch'is carried. Surrounding the central tube or core A is a layer of inflammable or combustible substance D in a solid or semisolid condition, such as paraflin, and around the layer D is secured a covering E of some suitable material, which is frmlyvheld in place by a cord or binder e, which serves to stiften the structure and hold the parts in place. In practice I have employed forthe covering E a section of tubular wicking composed of loosely-woven cotton fabric impregnated with parailin. In the upper end of the torch is a short section F of similar fabric or material, which is bent over -the inside of the tube and serves to protect the layer D and also to hold the melted paraflin when the torch is made, as hereinafter described.

l x l I In use the torch is ignited by lighting tbc fabric E at the top of the torch, and as it burns down slowly the paraliin with which it is impregnated and the layer of paraffin or other equivalent substance which may be cmploycd inside thereof burn with an intense clear llame without excessive smoke.

The torches lare constructed in various sizes, and I have found that ono about twelve inches in length will under favorable circulnstances burn for an hour or more.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modification combining the torch -proper with certain pyrotechnic devices. As shown, the tube A is constructed like an ordinary Roman candle, so that as the torch burns away the pyrotechnic substance will ignite, and the flaming balls G Will be thrown ont exactly as in the case of a Roman candle. I have as a modification indicated other pyro- Below-the balls F,

technic substances H, I, and J. These may consist of diierent-colored fires or other substances calculated to produce spectacular effects; but it will of course be understood that the pyrotechnic devices employed in connec- `tion with my torch will be varied asdesired.

I prefer paraffin as the inflammable substance to be employed in my improved torch on account of its cleanliness, safety, andcomparative freedom from smoke; but I do not intend to be understood as limiting my'in-` vention to the use of this substance, as any suitable equivalent therefor may be used inf stead.

In constructing my torch the fabric or aband the section F is of course placed in posif i tion to prevent thel melted paraiinnfrom run- ICO ning out at what is then the lower end of thev E torch. l

It will of course be understood that the yfabric or absorbent `material E, forming the outer layer of the torch, need not necessarily bc of tubular formation. consisting 'of an absorbent outer layer im pregnated with a suitable combustible sul stance sucb'as paraffin, a tubular core and a g layer of combustible substance such as paraffin interposed between the outerlayer and the core, substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD Il. WAGNER.

Having thus shown and described .my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l 1. As a new article of manufacture, a torch consisting of a hollow tube containing,I pyroreclmc material, an annular layer of solid Witnesses:

S. G. METCALF, A. F. THOMPSON.

combustible material surrounding said tube and a combusl ible fabric nclosing said layer, substantially as shown and described'.

2. As a. new article of manufacture, a torch 

